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phil angelides joins us, he's the former chairman of the financial crisis inquiry commission. we will talk about the state of banking rules and a new effort to have banks set aside even more money in case of problems. as government spending continues coming under pressure, money aimed at college campuses has been dropping nationwide. state funding for higher education fell by 7.6% last year according to a study by illinois state university. it marks the biggest drop of state funding r colleges in 50 years. increasingly, many state-funded schools are looking to the private sector for help. >> reporter: new mom alisa palmer in lubbock, texas is just the kind of patient who texas tech university wants to help with a smartphone app it has developed. the app is part of a larger trend of schools taking their research power and looking for corporations to help commercialize them. for texas tech, it's mommy meds app, helps expecting and new moms figure the impact of medicines on their babies. it's the brain child of dr. thomas he. for 25 years he has researched drugs and published ref
phil angelides joins us, he's the former chairman of the financial crisis inquiry commission. we will talk about the state of banking rules and a new effort to have banks set aside even more money in case of problems. as government spending continues coming under pressure, money aimed at college campuses has been dropping nationwide. state funding for higher education fell by 7.6% last year according to a study by illinois state university. it marks the biggest drop of state funding r colleges...
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is china hacking us blind? >> of starting a broad swath of western organizations. >> you might as well pick a card out of the deck as to who will get the death penalty. >> some of them will say it's a bad idea. >> the brash new kid on the block. >> i was elected to speak the truth. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- quite sequestration. march 1st is the deadline. they warn 800,000 civilian employees will have to take unpaid leave in federal employee workers will have to take a cut for the next six months. the long lines at the airport, travel delays. you may want to be careful what you e because food safety inspectors will be affected. they will be taking a hit. salaries in congress are safe, but they tell us none of this is supposed to happen. >> it was never meant to become implemented policy. >> and now they face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments and all the jobs that depend on them? or would they raer put hundreds of thousands of jobs
is china hacking us blind? >> of starting a broad swath of western organizations. >> you might as well pick a card out of the deck as to who will get the death penalty. >> some of them will say it's a bad idea. >> the brash new kid on the block. >> i was elected to speak the truth. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- quite sequestration. march 1st is the deadline. they warn 800,000 civilian employees will have to take unpaid leave in...
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that is the kind of thing we used to in civil law. in criminal law we have a high standard fore you can hold somebody accountable. it may be she should be looking for civil remedies where reasonable standard it seems to me might take more easily than if you really want to get the law after somebody. >> there's concern about the definitions in this legislation. and overcriminalized.com commented on the issues with lacking definitions of harassment and emotional distress. in free speech areas you cannot go with vague term knowledge. >> clearly we need new rules for stalking. the kind of communations we have available through twitter and facebook, really gives license to anyone to do anything to someone that they decide to target. >> that is right. >> but do you think the law, the legislationim$ould it be passed is that enough to protect? >> not --. >> victims. >> not this legislation in the current form because of the issues we've brought up. but i think like the way we approach with wiretapping we need to update certain legislation lik
that is the kind of thing we used to in civil law. in criminal law we have a high standard fore you can hold somebody accountable. it may be she should be looking for civil remedies where reasonable standard it seems to me might take more easily than if you really want to get the law after somebody. >> there's concern about the definitions in this legislation. and overcriminalized.com commented on the issues with lacking definitions of harassment and emotional distress. in free speech...
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go away used to try to demean and difin -- diminish us. in truth p we hadn't had a sense of humor we couldn't have done half the things we did. it really took a big sense of humor to break some of the barriers we broke and know that we would be laughed at in the process in many ways. >> you know, i just love. there was a whole string of comedians who were probably-- they wouldn't define themselves as feminists but clearly demonstrated those tendencies and i was really happy that she is following this train, if you will, of women who were forceful, who made fun of themselves but also at peace with themselves. >> dow still feel that women color are invisible in comedy, acting, the entertainment world. >> i don't. i know before the show we were talking about an article in "vanity fair" from a couple of years ago that said a profiles not only how many women in comedy but that they are no long never a comedy club no one has heard of they are on the silver screen, on your television they are writing the script, they are having a very involved wi
go away used to try to demean and difin -- diminish us. in truth p we hadn't had a sense of humor we couldn't have done half the things we did. it really took a big sense of humor to break some of the barriers we broke and know that we would be laughed at in the process in many ways. >> you know, i just love. there was a whole string of comedians who were probably-- they wouldn't define themselves as feminists but clearly demonstrated those tendencies and i was really happy that she is...
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very good to have you with us. here's what we have today -- the wave of drug tests as bulgarians demand an end to corruption. rotten conditions -- how seasonal workers are being exploited in italy. and portugal offers incentives. book area has been -- bulgaria ha
very good to have you with us. here's what we have today -- the wave of drug tests as bulgarians demand an end to corruption. rotten conditions -- how seasonal workers are being exploited in italy. and portugal offers incentives. book area has been -- bulgaria ha
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welcome, good to have you with us. on a scale of 1 to 10, how safe are america's pensions and are municipal pensions any more dangerous or less safe than corporate pensions? >> i'd say it depends. it's hard to give a scale. there are definitely some issues. let me start by saying, we think it's absolutely outrageous, that detroit followed for bankruptcy in order to get rid of their pension obligations. that is a broken promise to workers and retirees. having said that, if you're in a company pension, it's a little different than a government pension. if you're in a company pension and let's say your company goes bankrupt. your pension would be backed by a federal insurance program called the pension benefit guarantee corporation. in most situations, especially for retirees, your benefits will be insured and you don't have to worry too much. you're in a state pension, let me say, there are a few myths around state plans. most state plans are well funded. i just want to say that, there are a few bad apples, most of those
welcome, good to have you with us. on a scale of 1 to 10, how safe are america's pensions and are municipal pensions any more dangerous or less safe than corporate pensions? >> i'd say it depends. it's hard to give a scale. there are definitely some issues. let me start by saying, we think it's absolutely outrageous, that detroit followed for bankruptcy in order to get rid of their pension obligations. that is a broken promise to workers and retirees. having said that, if you're in a...
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17% of congress are female both with senators and members in the house of representatives is telling us we have a long way to go. >> i think we are definitely more equal, they're going to be great expectations for women to show up the the election. the question is whether we do it. >> i believe that we have long way to go. still don't have partapp our politics and women's issues are still viewed at niche issues despite the fact we're more than half the. >> when i was president of the national political women's caucus we did a lot of polling of women voters. and i want to ask all of you each one of you what do you think are the women's issues of today? >> this is the problem. i think that women's issues have become synonymous with reproductive rights, some cases, domestic violence and workplace protection laws but in fact for many women now women's issues means the economy. it means jobs, health care, education. and i think that we are forgetting that there is much larger sort of base of women who want to be spoken to about things that touch them on a daily basis. >> actually i have to t
17% of congress are female both with senators and members in the house of representatives is telling us we have a long way to go. >> i think we are definitely more equal, they're going to be great expectations for women to show up the the election. the question is whether we do it. >> i believe that we have long way to go. still don't have partapp our politics and women's issues are still viewed at niche issues despite the fact we're more than half the. >> when i was president...
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he used private school -- used -- kids were being home schooled in virginia by his wife using pennsylvania online dollars. and he got -- he was doing that illegally i might add. they cut it off when it became public. he also -- he took money from accu-weather tried to defund the national wather service, my point is, here is this family guy with all this evidence of corruption or being on the take and media aren't paying any attention to it. why is that? what's going on? >> you got most of the source from media accounts. i don't know any member of congress that does take money from somebody. to say that you take money from the beer institute that makes you corrupt, i don't quite get it. but nonetheless, i think when we come back to this specific issue first of all i don't think his poe suggestion is what could you call the mainstream position of certainly most republicans and most conservatives much i've worked in the pro life movement and yet a lot of pro lifers, many don't like birth control and don't use it. i know very few that think it should be banned. i've never heard anybody say tha
he used private school -- used -- kids were being home schooled in virginia by his wife using pennsylvania online dollars. and he got -- he was doing that illegally i might add. they cut it off when it became public. he also -- he took money from accu-weather tried to defund the national wather service, my point is, here is this family guy with all this evidence of corruption or being on the take and media aren't paying any attention to it. why is that? what's going on? >> you got most of...
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used to be a big deal. so if you look at normal rockwell's paintings, for instance, the people... the men have bumps in the back of their heads. they're not flat headed, because that's part of what used... used to be important for anglo-saxons, the shape of their heads. to be irish and catholic is not a big deal anymore. it was a very big deal in say, 1855, 1860, 1890. so the categories, the importance of the categories, changes over time, and i'm sure it will keep changing. >> hinojosa: and you... you kind of dove right into this. i mean, you've... >> well, it was a slow... >> hinojosa: well, you've been a historian... >> i've been a historian for a long time, yeah. >> hinojosa: ...an amazing historian based at princeton, and yes, you have studied history, but... >> and i've done lots of different books. >> hinojosa: oh, amazing books. >> this is not my first book, yeah. >> hinojosa: sojourner truth, the making of the black american? >> creating black americans. >> hinojosa: creating black americans. >> ye
used to be a big deal. so if you look at normal rockwell's paintings, for instance, the people... the men have bumps in the back of their heads. they're not flat headed, because that's part of what used... used to be important for anglo-saxons, the shape of their heads. to be irish and catholic is not a big deal anymore. it was a very big deal in say, 1855, 1860, 1890. so the categories, the importance of the categories, changes over time, and i'm sure it will keep changing. >> hinojosa:...
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i think we have 20 lo at what is driving the drug cartels what's driving it is the use, a lot of uses coming out of the united states, it's a problem that we have to tackle if we hope to solve these problems in the region. >> supply and demand. >> other part when you look at colombia they were in such control for so long, what they did they're out in rain forest areas where they just take over these things. they form -- like pseudogovernment down there. you are negotiating with these horrible -- you want to call them terrorists it's unfortunate that that's what we have -- that's what's happened. they formed their own government they have to somehow deal with. >> but this report just says 50 perks, men are disappearing so women have to take this over. this is an opportunity for women to put a stop, why aren't they saying our sons, husbands are dying and -- >> the report that is -- >> they're not killing people for no reason as -- >> as opposed to the good reasons. >> it's a good opportunity for them to stop it -- >>t's economical -- that's it for this edition of "to the contrary." plea
i think we have 20 lo at what is driving the drug cartels what's driving it is the use, a lot of uses coming out of the united states, it's a problem that we have to tackle if we hope to solve these problems in the region. >> supply and demand. >> other part when you look at colombia they were in such control for so long, what they did they're out in rain forest areas where they just take over these things. they form -- like pseudogovernment down there. you are negotiating with...
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to use and to use as quickly and rapidly as possible to give us all the things that we like? or do we ve deeper resnsibities to the life of this planet? because, in fact, species, ecosystems are not just inert warehouses of resources. they have evolved along with human beings. our own evolution itself is inseparable from the climate system, the biophysical world and the other species that we ride on this rock with. what is our responsibility to them? and i think one of the most interesting things that comes out of science that challenges some of our long held cultural beliefs that somehow human beings are fundamentally different than the natural world is the recognition that at root, when you look at the dna, we are kin, okay? you and i share a lot of genetic material with a tree, other animals, with fish, and so on. we are literally relatives, okay. that is an idea that we haven't even really begun to process as a complete culture. what does th really mean when you understand that we are inseparable in that way? we are descendants of the same lines of other animals and plant
to use and to use as quickly and rapidly as possible to give us all the things that we like? or do we ve deeper resnsibities to the life of this planet? because, in fact, species, ecosystems are not just inert warehouses of resources. they have evolved along with human beings. our own evolution itself is inseparable from the climate system, the biophysical world and the other species that we ride on this rock with. what is our responsibility to them? and i think one of the most interesting...
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it is putting us and the russians back in the 1950's. the idea that we are going to curtail our arsenals by 10%, and that will make any difference, even if the russians wanted to triple their arsenal, it will not make a difference. who cares. the point is, obama wanted a victory of sorts, and this is the only one that he had in foreign affairs. intrinsically, it has almost no importance whatsoever. >> that is not a question of trust. it was not just rakowski. you have 13 republicans who did not follow leadership. >> the public does not give a darn about what the leadership thinks. maybe senators are getting the point. another thing on the deficit, mark warner of virginia, has been pulling together in this bipartisan committee, people from both parties opening on social security, 3rd rail-kind of stuff, but he got a lot of people to pay attention. helping independents on tough calls will help us in the end. >> the last reform of social security was after the reelection of george bush in 2005, who wanted to privatize social security. the s
it is putting us and the russians back in the 1950's. the idea that we are going to curtail our arsenals by 10%, and that will make any difference, even if the russians wanted to triple their arsenal, it will not make a difference. who cares. the point is, obama wanted a victory of sorts, and this is the only one that he had in foreign affairs. intrinsically, it has almost no importance whatsoever. >> that is not a question of trust. it was not just rakowski. you have 13 republicans who...
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joining us now tom bradley, president of retail for td ameritrade. tom, i bet you had a lot of questions today from individual investors. should i get in? is it safe? what were you telling them? >> we sure did. well, the key here is to look at the long-term trends, and then you have to determine your time horizon. the long-term trends in the stock market are up, and as long as you're five to ten years or more out, then the stock market is in your favor. it's an incredible way to build wealth. >> you know, tom, the last two times the markets hit multi-year highs back in the year 2000 it was at the end of a bubble. it was a tech bubble. in 2007 it was a housing bubble. what do you say to the person in the tape piece who says it's a bubble again and i'm going to get hurt again? >> again, you have to go back and look at the long-term trends. it's very different, a retired person versus a younger person that still has many years of earnings left ahead of them, and it depends on how much risk you want to take, so that's the key. if you are closer to retire
joining us now tom bradley, president of retail for td ameritrade. tom, i bet you had a lot of questions today from individual investors. should i get in? is it safe? what were you telling them? >> we sure did. well, the key here is to look at the long-term trends, and then you have to determine your time horizon. the long-term trends in the stock market are up, and as long as you're five to ten years or more out, then the stock market is in your favor. it's an incredible way to build...
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good to have you with us. everybody is saying the key sentence in the fed statement today is where they say they could increase or decrease the pace and size of their asset purchases. do you see it that way? and what does that very careful language suggest to you? >> it is really the only change in statement, both in terms of fiscal and monetary poifl. that was the key change. a lot of discussion of tapering off purchases. that discussion is now gone. two of the last three years, we've had these spring swoons or slumps when the fed started to talk about exit strategy and taking away the punch bowl, we won't hear that anymore. the if i hhas decided it will u open mote and try to change people's expectations. >> ray, as a forrfed governor, you sat in on the meetings, know what the conversation is like. what wall street wantston, how much longer this bond buying program is going to go on? what are you saying? how long is this going to go on? >> well, the fed change of communications strategy to get away from havi
good to have you with us. everybody is saying the key sentence in the fed statement today is where they say they could increase or decrease the pace and size of their asset purchases. do you see it that way? and what does that very careful language suggest to you? >> it is really the only change in statement, both in terms of fiscal and monetary poifl. that was the key change. a lot of discussion of tapering off purchases. that discussion is now gone. two of the last three years, we've...
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continued acts of discrimination that the justice department has blocked because they were able to use section four or five to go in there and block discriminatory steps taken by the state. they talk about as if something wonderful has happened in the last 20 years. the reason something wonderful has happened is because of the voting rights act. this is comparable to 1877, when they pulled the troops out of the south. >> reconstruction? >> reconstruction -- when you take away the ability to go in there and stop the discriminatory act, as the justice department has and the courts have, you invite them to go back to what they have already been trying to do. these changes didn't take place because after 1965 the south said we will not do this anymore they have continually tried. >> ruth bader ginsburg, those that cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. charles? >> it is a classic statement of reactionary liberalism. the voting rights act succeeded. it changed america. it's day is over. not that the idea of preventing discrimination is over, but what justice roberts wrote in a
continued acts of discrimination that the justice department has blocked because they were able to use section four or five to go in there and block discriminatory steps taken by the state. they talk about as if something wonderful has happened in the last 20 years. the reason something wonderful has happened is because of the voting rights act. this is comparable to 1877, when they pulled the troops out of the south. >> reconstruction? >> reconstruction -- when you take away the...
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thanks for joining us, i'm susie gharib. >> i'm tyler mathisen, thanks from me as well. stay cool everybody. see you back here tomorrow. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you by. >> sailing through the heart of historic cities and landscapes on a river, you get close to iconic landmarks, to local life, to cultural treasures, viking river cruises, exploring the world in comfort. >>> welcome to "newsline." it's wednesday, july 19th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. investigators believe they may have found out what was the trouble with the dream liner. they identified an emergency
thanks for joining us, i'm susie gharib. >> i'm tyler mathisen, thanks from me as well. stay cool everybody. see you back here tomorrow. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you by. >> sailing through the heart of historic cities and landscapes on a river, you get close to iconic landmarks, to local life, to cultural treasures, viking river cruises, exploring the world in comfort. >>> welcome to "newsline." it's wednesday, july...
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denise and joe join us now. and the author thomas jefferson pretty well-known, vice president, minister to france, secretary of state and eventually president. but the other 55, not so much. >> not so much. >> well who were they. if you were to look across the room, who was sitting in that hot summer room in philadelphia? >> the 55, i mean i would say out of the 56 men, the 5 we know are franklin, jefferson and hancock. i think these days other people would say i recognize john adams because of the mini series and sam adams because of a beer. that's just the way it is. the other men, i think if you look at them across their professions, some of them were lawyers, some were doctors. kreiger politicians. a large number made their income from agricultural work, whether that was a large plantation in the south or a small farm. >> these were men who enjoyed a role of prominence, that's how they ended up in the continental congress. some of them started out from humble beginnings. not the majority of them but there ar
denise and joe join us now. and the author thomas jefferson pretty well-known, vice president, minister to france, secretary of state and eventually president. but the other 55, not so much. >> not so much. >> well who were they. if you were to look across the room, who was sitting in that hot summer room in philadelphia? >> the 55, i mean i would say out of the 56 men, the 5 we know are franklin, jefferson and hancock. i think these days other people would say i recognize...
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tell us why you like this? >> this is a diversified index of both regional and large national banks. government regulators are burning banking industry really into something representing a utility industry, but they're still going to ma money and earngs groth ioing to drive share prices higher. they've run up recently, but i think earnings growth will propel it higher. >> susie: you were talking about good bopped funds to go into, and investor -- a new etf. wisdom treat emerging corporate bond fund. emt. why do you like this one. >> it invests in bond funds in emerging market countries. it's all in u.s. dollars so there's n curncy sk. pot tentiaor share price appreciation, as long as investors realize the bonds are more risky than u.s. companies. this fund will do well and pays a 5% yield. >> susie: and you like a real estate fund, ticker sim bowl. rit. why do you like this one. >> it pays a seven percent dividend, trade2% discount. >> susie: you covered all the bases. we appreciate that. any dpis closures on y
tell us why you like this? >> this is a diversified index of both regional and large national banks. government regulators are burning banking industry really into something representing a utility industry, but they're still going to ma money and earngs groth ioing to drive share prices higher. they've run up recently, but i think earnings growth will propel it higher. >> susie: you were talking about good bopped funds to go into, and investor -- a new etf. wisdom treat emerging...
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. >> folks, use your common sense. who do you trust on this? a guy who introduced a bill that would raise its $6,400 a year, knowing it and passing it and romney said he will sign it were me and the president? >> did joe biden stock the romney wave? >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> the washington over benghazi. >> you ask him for the son, you'll get the stars. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not apply when applying to university. >> paul ryan got the edge in the vice-presidential debate. and an insnt cbs will give it to joe biden. new york times said it was a debate with clarity and fervor, and the washington post -- the debate gave viewers a real boost. >> medicare and social zuccotti did so much for my own family. we will let jeopardize this -- medicare and social security did so much for my own family. we will not jeopardize this program. >> the bottom line is that ople have to pay more money out of their pocket. >> talking points memo asked the question should obama supporters start freaking out? [laug
. >> folks, use your common sense. who do you trust on this? a guy who introduced a bill that would raise its $6,400 a year, knowing it and passing it and romney said he will sign it were me and the president? >> did joe biden stock the romney wave? >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> the washington over benghazi. >> you ask him for the son, you'll get the stars. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not apply when applying...
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thank you for joining us. chief investment strategist at black rock. >>> and shares of the dow component microsoft ended only slightly higher, despite making bold moves and costly ones to attract more interest in its stock as the company prepares for a lot of changes in the months ahead. josh lipman has more. >> reporter: this morning, microsoft announced a $40 billion stock buy back as well as boosting its quarterly dividend by 22%, 28 cents per share, the board approving the stock repurchase plan to replace the previous program set to expire at the end of the month. microsoft, known for shareholder friendly actions, paying a regular quarterly dividend since 2004. colin gillis covers microsoft, says he wasn't surprised by the relatively mooted reaction to the news. >> they increase the dividend, last year in september you got a 15% increase, this year it is a little stronger, 22% increase. but the yield is still stuck somewhere 3.4%. that's somewhere between a 10 and 30 year bond. better than the yield from o
thank you for joining us. chief investment strategist at black rock. >>> and shares of the dow component microsoft ended only slightly higher, despite making bold moves and costly ones to attract more interest in its stock as the company prepares for a lot of changes in the months ahead. josh lipman has more. >> reporter: this morning, microsoft announced a $40 billion stock buy back as well as boosting its quarterly dividend by 22%, 28 cents per share, the board approving the...
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let us know you what think. please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe, from abortion rights to marriage benefits. >> once california as expected approves same sex marriage, almost one-third of americans will live in states where it's legal. next up, after this week's pair of same sex marriage rulings from the supreme court is a series of state by state battles that could expand it to more than the current 13 states, and the district of columbia. jubila jubilant lgbt couples are sift r sifting through the myriad of bep fits they your honored when the justices struck down part of the federal defense of marriage act known as doma. the part of doma that still stands allows states to fee fuse to acknowledge marriages of gay couples from other states. barack obama has directed the attorney general and cabinet to quote, insure this decision including imimplications for federal benefits and obligations is implemented swiftly and smooft smoothly. gay rights supporters say they're work is not done until same sex couples
let us know you what think. please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe, from abortion rights to marriage benefits. >> once california as expected approves same sex marriage, almost one-third of americans will live in states where it's legal. next up, after this week's pair of same sex marriage rulings from the supreme court is a series of state by state battles that could expand it to more than the current 13 states, and the district of columbia. jubila jubilant lgbt couples are sift r...
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stay with us. we continue our coverage of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school with john miller. he is a frmer fbi official anal my colleague at cbs news. also joining us dr. jeffrey lieberman, chairman of psychiatry at columbia university and director of the new york state psychiatric institute and richard aborn of the citizen's crime collision of new york city. i'm pleased to have all of them here. i begin with john miller. so what more do we know this evening about the killer, about his mother, about his motive. >> what we know about the kill certificate that he apparently had planned to do mu more an much worse th he actllyaccomplished, which is hard to fathom. but what we are told now by police are that not only did he have multiple weapons which we knew and not only did they recover multiple shell cases from the shots he fired, but he also possessed, and i'm quoting now, hundreds of rounds of unspent ammunition that he brought with him, possibly with the intent to go through. so this
stay with us. we continue our coverage of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school with john miller. he is a frmer fbi official anal my colleague at cbs news. also joining us dr. jeffrey lieberman, chairman of psychiatry at columbia university and director of the new york state psychiatric institute and richard aborn of the citizen's crime collision of new york city. i'm pleased to have all of them here. i begin with john miller. so what more do we know this evening about the killer, about...
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his kit is a pencil and sharpener. >> you don't use this anymore? >> no, it's there for historical purposes. >> reporter: when he realized he liked sharpening pencils, he had an idea. >> people would send them to me to be sharpened, they would use them and resharpen them and over the life of the pencil, i would make like $300. >> reporter: he launched a website, $15 for pencils, including shipping, the shavings and a signed certificate but not long before reese had to erase the business plan. >> you find it ironic that most people buy them and don't use them? >> yeah, i mean, frankly, it has been a complete refutation of the model. they keep it in the business tube like artwork. >> reporter: he sold about 1600 pencils thin three years. >> it was a shift. it made sense. not like i did a good job sharpening the pencil, the real value is i was the guy that people paid to sharpen a pencil. it becomes like very conception l like a snake eating its own tail. >> reporter: reese is particular about his pencils. remember these? reese says generals are the la
his kit is a pencil and sharpener. >> you don't use this anymore? >> no, it's there for historical purposes. >> reporter: when he realized he liked sharpening pencils, he had an idea. >> people would send them to me to be sharpened, they would use them and resharpen them and over the life of the pencil, i would make like $300. >> reporter: he launched a website, $15 for pencils, including shipping, the shavings and a signed certificate but not long before reese had...
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tell us what is the attraction there? >> the auto market like the housing market has a lot of catch up to play. ford is an interesting play because not only is it going to recover based upon the rebuilding of the auto fleet in the country but also a housing play. the area that is most attractive within ford is the pick up division, the cars that the contractors are buying. if we are right that the housing market is going to do well and the auto market is going to recover then ford is going to work. >>> let's get your next pick. oracle, a real surprise because that stock got hammered last week. you were buying shares yesterday. what are you seeing that other people are not? >> very controversial pick. the stock is down 10% or so since the earnings report. we think the software portion of the technology cycle is sound. what is going on with oracle from a fundamental standpoint is fine as well. the issue exclusively was the fact that they missed on revenues. and the problem was that a lot of the sales that management expecte
tell us what is the attraction there? >> the auto market like the housing market has a lot of catch up to play. ford is an interesting play because not only is it going to recover based upon the rebuilding of the auto fleet in the country but also a housing play. the area that is most attractive within ford is the pick up division, the cars that the contractors are buying. if we are right that the housing market is going to do well and the auto market is going to recover then ford is...
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make us safer? >> that is the problem. you can make all the constitutional arguments you want. the devastating evidence is the empirical evidce. have the nd banthat we want now. a study commissioned by the department showed that it had essentially no affect. the reason is obvious. we have 300 million firearms in the possession of americans today. you could stop the importation, stop the sale, anything you want. that reservoir will be around for 100 years. thotheironis, e rate of homicide has been cut in half since 1980. we do not have an epidemic of crime. we are having a rise in these in same, extreme mass shootings, generally by psychotic people. we are all talking about acquisition of guns at a time when homicides are going down. the problem is the crazy people who get the guns. >> and how fast they can get them. >> the tucson shooter, everybody who knew him spoke about him as a that was out of control, and one of his classmates said that she sat in class near the dor, holding her handbag, thinki
make us safer? >> that is the problem. you can make all the constitutional arguments you want. the devastating evidence is the empirical evidce. have the nd banthat we want now. a study commissioned by the department showed that it had essentially no affect. the reason is obvious. we have 300 million firearms in the possession of americans today. you could stop the importation, stop the sale, anything you want. that reservoir will be around for 100 years. thotheironis, e rate of homicide...
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i am pleased to have them all with us. thank you. both matt and josh have written magazine articles. jackie, you and i are kind of the outliers here and i don't have a copy of the "new york times" but i do have a copy of the "business week" piece that josh did on rick perry called rick perry needs a miracle. josh, it was a fascinating piece. also's start with you. why hathis campaign faltered so much? >> well, it doesn't look like perry's really ready to be a presidential candidate, at least not yet. and he was, the immediate front-runner, popular guy in all the polls jumped in late in august and seemed to be the one guy who kind of marrd the tea party enthusiasm with an actual record of job creation in texas which seems like the best credential a presidential candidate could have. but pretty much from the get-go he failed to impress in debate after debate after debate. he got caught up in miniscandals over immigration, he hasn't been able to talk about jobs. >> but joband the economy were his issue. that was the subject matter. the
i am pleased to have them all with us. thank you. both matt and josh have written magazine articles. jackie, you and i are kind of the outliers here and i don't have a copy of the "new york times" but i do have a copy of the "business week" piece that josh did on rick perry called rick perry needs a miracle. josh, it was a fascinating piece. also's start with you. why hathis campaign faltered so much? >> well, it doesn't look like perry's really ready to be a...
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it's not for us. that's never been for us. and yet, as i thought about it i realized i do want to get married. once i let myself believe it was ssible, i want to marry the woman i love. >> the court will not be writing on a blank slate. twenty years ago, the justices threw out a constitutional amendment in colorado that would have prevented cities from protecting gays from discrimination, and in 2003, the court rejected a texas law that made gay sex a crime. justice anthony kennedy, whose vote could be critical on the same-sex marriage question, wrote both decisions and in striking down the texas law said this aut gays and the gay lifestyle. >> "the petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives. the state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime. their right to liberty under the due process clause gives them the full right to engage in their conduct without intervention of the government. it is the promise of the constitution that there is a realm of pe
it's not for us. that's never been for us. and yet, as i thought about it i realized i do want to get married. once i let myself believe it was ssible, i want to marry the woman i love. >> the court will not be writing on a blank slate. twenty years ago, the justices threw out a constitutional amendment in colorado that would have prevented cities from protecting gays from discrimination, and in 2003, the court rejected a texas law that made gay sex a crime. justice anthony kennedy, whose...
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do stay th us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama declared the u.s. is at crossroads in the war on terror and called for new guidelines and accountability in the pursuit of terrorists. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we excerpt the president's foreign policy address and get reaction to his proposals about the use of drones, the guantanamo bay prison and more. >> brown: then, we turn to an attack authorities in britain have called terrorism, the brutal murder of a soldier in london. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan reports on the road to recovery in oklahoma, as the town of moore buried its first victim, a
do stay th us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama declared the u.s. is at crossroads in the war on terror and called for new guidelines and accountability in the pursuit of terrorists. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we excerpt the president's foreign policy address and get reaction to his proposals about the use of drones, the guantanamo bay prison and more. >>...
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. >> they are here to represent us, not to bicker and fight. >> this week, more bickering and fighting over the nation's debt. >> a number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach. >> i gave it my all. unfortunately, the president would not take yes for an answer. >> the giant game of chicken coupled with bad news on the economy gave wall street the worries. senator john mccain lashes out at fellow republicans who refused to bend. >> that is not fair. that is not fair to the american people. >> i completely, totally, 100% disagree with senator mccain. >> and if nfl owners and players can compromise, why can washington? -- why can washington not? one-bedroom first, let me brighten up your weekend with more allows it is about the economy. turns out the recession was even worse than we thought and economic growth for the first six months of the year has been the slowest since the recession ended. of course, we have the debt crisis. at the conclusion of the nfl locked up, the owner of the new england patriots at they hope they give a listen to the people in washingt
. >> they are here to represent us, not to bicker and fight. >> this week, more bickering and fighting over the nation's debt. >> a number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach. >> i gave it my all. unfortunately, the president would not take yes for an answer. >> the giant game of chicken coupled with bad news on the economy gave wall street the worries. senator john mccain lashes out at fellow republicans who refused to bend. >>...
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and it's essentially africa and us. but africa, it's an emerging market, every bit as strong as asia. >> you're talking about w, right? >> w. >> africa is an emerging market. it is nowhere near the strength of asia. but it is a major market. it should be a major market and we should be doing better with it. china naturally has that because their goodsare at a lower price point and they are able to be afforded by the economy of africa. >> which nation is africa is becoming anti-chinese by reason of the volume of the chinese trade now undertaken with africa? do you follow me? one of those nations really doesn't like it and they want it stopped, all of this chinese trade. they feel it's changing the nature of their own nation and africa. have you seen any of that? >> if i were to guess, i woventure to guess it would be south africa which has the strongest economic system. >> i would guess it would be south africa. >> it starts with a z. >> zambia. >> right. you can't get elected to the presidency over there if you are symp
and it's essentially africa and us. but africa, it's an emerging market, every bit as strong as asia. >> you're talking about w, right? >> w. >> africa is an emerging market. it is nowhere near the strength of asia. but it is a major market. it should be a major market and we should be doing better with it. china naturally has that because their goodsare at a lower price point and they are able to be afforded by the economy of africa. >> which nation is africa is...
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which brings us to challenge number three. global competitiveness. we're number seven now, wn two spots in the world economic fom's last ranking. it's the fourth year in a row the u.s. has slipped. high labor costs are hurting. damaging, too, is a complex tax code, regulation, and a political system that critics say is dysfunctional. but perhaps most troubling of all, we're shortchanging research and development. u.s. rnd spending grew just 3% as a share of gdp from 1987 to twaid. meanwhile, china's rose 110%. in part, that lack of investment has left americaith a skills gap, and that leads to challenge number four. education. we spent $810 billion a year on it for primary and secondary schooling alone, close to $8,000 per school-age child. far more than any other developed country. yet american students rank 17th in science, 25th in math, out of 34 industrialized nations. of the 1.6 million bachelor's degrees awarded in 2009, only about 6% were in engineering, half the average for rich countries. only 15,000 degrees were in math. that's half as many
which brings us to challenge number three. global competitiveness. we're number seven now, wn two spots in the world economic fom's last ranking. it's the fourth year in a row the u.s. has slipped. high labor costs are hurting. damaging, too, is a complex tax code, regulation, and a political system that critics say is dysfunctional. but perhaps most troubling of all, we're shortchanging research and development. u.s. rnd spending grew just 3% as a share of gdp from 1987 to twaid. meanwhile,...
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>> can you tell us under oath that the decision to use six centralizers instead of.... >> narrator: amidst the technical questions, there were deeper concerns... >> you're the ceo of the company! >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of wells a year all around the world. >> yeah, i know. that's what's scaring me right now. >> narrator: ...about whether this was a company that could be trusted. >> mr. hayward, when you became ceo three years ago, you said that safety was going to be your top priority... >> narrator: the interrogation produced few new answers. >> one of the reasons that i am so distraught... >> i don't want to know whether you're distraught. >> narrator: it was mostly political theater. >> we're going to have a hard time reaching conclusions if you stonewall them. >> i'm not stonewalling. >> narrator: it was also not the first time the company had been in trouble. in london, the board has been in crisis mode for much of the five last years. they've encountered disasters on all fronts-- at their refineries, in their oil fields. the blowout in theulis jt the test. >> this is
>> can you tell us under oath that the decision to use six centralizers instead of.... >> narrator: amidst the technical questions, there were deeper concerns... >> you're the ceo of the company! >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of wells a year all around the world. >> yeah, i know. that's what's scaring me right now. >> narrator: ...about whether this was a company that could be trusted. >> mr. hayward, when you became ceo three years ago, you...
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stay with us. taryn simon is here. she rose to prominence as a photographer in 2003 for her work with the innocence project where she documented cases of wrongful convictions. she has since earne praise for other exhibitions including "contraband: an american index of the hidden and unfamiliar." in her latest project she photographs bloodlines. she chronicled the stories of 18 families related by either blood circumstance or fate. it's called "living man declared dead and other chapters." here is taryn simon at the museum of modern art speaking about the new exhibition. >> i traveled around the world over the last four years researching and recording blood lines and their related stories and in each of the 18 works that comprise "a living man declared dead and other chapters" i was investigating ideas surrounding fate and whether our fate is determined by the external forces of governance, religion, territory luck, circumstance or by the internal forces of psychological and physical inheritance. each of the works that
stay with us. taryn simon is here. she rose to prominence as a photographer in 2003 for her work with the innocence project where she documented cases of wrongful convictions. she has since earne praise for other exhibitions including "contraband: an american index of the hidden and unfamiliar." in her latest project she photographs bloodlines. she chronicled the stories of 18 families related by either blood circumstance or fate. it's called "living man declared dead and other...
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she joins us now from new york. we're also joined by monica olive a young mother who is the founder of latin baby and publisher of a website that are geared toward latino families and naomi decker, vice president of the public relations firm beckerman. she is a mother of three who hassles written articles and editorials for commentary for the washington times and the wall street journal. we thank you all three for being with us. anne marie slaughter, to you first. what do you mean by "having it all"? >> i mean that women should be able to have the same choices as men. i think i regret the... that's the way the issue has always been formulated. when i was coming of age, i think today it sounds very entitled because there are so many americans who have very, very little but really what it means is that women should be able to have the same choices about being able to have a family and being able to have a career that men do. >> woodruff: you write for the longest time you believed that that was the case but now you do
she joins us now from new york. we're also joined by monica olive a young mother who is the founder of latin baby and publisher of a website that are geared toward latino families and naomi decker, vice president of the public relations firm beckerman. she is a mother of three who hassles written articles and editorials for commentary for the washington times and the wall street journal. we thank you all three for being with us. anne marie slaughter, to you first. what do you mean by...
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. >> woodruff: then, gwen ill updates us on the tightening g.o.p. presidential race, one day before the south carolina primary. >> may hinge on the decisions on the state's most conservative voters. >> suarez: plus we'll have analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: from our colleagues at wisconsin public television, we have an update on the effort to recall governor scott walker. >> all of this was set in motion a year ago when governor walker and the republicans passed a bill that removes most collective bargaining >> suarez: and margaret warner looks at the federal shutdown of one of the world's most popular online sites, the file-sharing web site megaupload.com. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made
. >> woodruff: then, gwen ill updates us on the tightening g.o.p. presidential race, one day before the south carolina primary. >> may hinge on the decisions on the state's most conservative voters. >> suarez: plus we'll have analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: from our colleagues at wisconsin public television, we have an update on the effort to recall governor scott walker. >> all of this was set in motion a year ago when governor walker and...
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that's a red line for us. they need to know that if they take that step that they're going to get stopped. >> warner: tensions between the u.s. and iran had already been heightened last week as president obama signed new sanctions legislation and the iranians issued threats against american warships transiting the straight of hormuz. the waterways is a vital persian gulf choke point for oil shipping. today the tensions were stoked further by this announcement. >> iran has sentenced to death a detained u.s.-born irani man charged with spying for the u.s. intelligence agency, the c.i.a.. >> warner: this man is a former u.s. marine and military translator. born in arizona to a family of iranian descent, he is said to hold dual citizenship. he was detained in iran last august and tried for espionage last month. the verdict was reported today. in washington white house spokesman jay carney rejected the charges and the death sentence. >> if true, we strongly condemn such a verdict and will work with our partners to
that's a red line for us. they need to know that if they take that step that they're going to get stopped. >> warner: tensions between the u.s. and iran had already been heightened last week as president obama signed new sanctions legislation and the iranians issued threats against american warships transiting the straight of hormuz. the waterways is a vital persian gulf choke point for oil shipping. today the tensions were stoked further by this announcement. >> iran has sentenced...
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join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes from the vatican, where pope francis marked 100 days since becoming pope, and celebrated another milestone, the 110th anniversary of harley-davidson motorcycles. the pope blessed thousands of bikes and bikers, and in return was given a black leather jacket, and two harleys for the vatican police force. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis-based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why you're retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> be more. pbs. barry kibrick: today on "between the lines," the man who wrote the book that is known as the most trusted source on leadership, james kouzes. i'm barry kibrick. james, along with his co-author barry posner, has written what is
join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes from the vatican, where pope francis marked 100 days since becoming pope, and celebrated another milestone, the 110th anniversary of harley-davidson motorcycles. the pope blessed thousands of bikes and bikers, and in return was given a black leather jacket, and two harleys for the vatican police force. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis-based private family...
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use them in 1988. fox news had a long interview with president assad of syria this week which would leave the casual listener to conclude that aside and the interviewers were talking about two different countries. chemical weapons? we did not use any chemical weapons. the story is unrealistic. however, he says he is fully committed to rid his country of the chemical weapons he said he never used. like to see him on the couch with charles krauthammer and he could explain this to us better. is he delusional or just an abject liar? you the way, he is not to be believed. >> he is also an md himself. >> he is an eye doctor but he cannot see. week,his column this david points out that russian cooperation in ridding syria with chemical weapons has been a goal of u.s. policy for t beauvue road years. finally working thanks to the promise of military force. the u.n. is on board. >> the press is up on fire about how terrible and weak obama is. actually, he is getting an outcome that is pretty good. it has the ru
use them in 1988. fox news had a long interview with president assad of syria this week which would leave the casual listener to conclude that aside and the interviewers were talking about two different countries. chemical weapons? we did not use any chemical weapons. the story is unrealistic. however, he says he is fully committed to rid his country of the chemical weapons he said he never used. like to see him on the couch with charles krauthammer and he could explain this to us better. is he...
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. >> whichever is the least expensive to us, that's the product we take. so when i'm setting out to create the plans for the company, whatever increases we take on as a company, i'm going to take on as an employee. >> reporter: but not everyone concentrates on what will come out of their paycheck. boone zavik is single, healthy, and a marketing manager for immuno laboratories. he's looking for preventative care to be paid for, like regular check-ups and lab tests. >> i exercise, i eat healthy, but you always want to know, is there anything inside that i'm not aware of? how's my health going? >> tom: studies show we spend minutes deciding our health insurance, but hours choosing a new major appliance. and two-thirds of us make little to no effort at all. and it's not just health insurance. many companies also offer life insurance, long-term care and disability insurance. we spoke with carmen wong ulrich, author of "the real cost of living: making the best decisions for you, your life and your money" about those other insurance options. >> it is an exhaustin
. >> whichever is the least expensive to us, that's the product we take. so when i'm setting out to create the plans for the company, whatever increases we take on as a company, i'm going to take on as an employee. >> reporter: but not everyone concentrates on what will come out of their paycheck. boone zavik is single, healthy, and a marketing manager for immuno laboratories. he's looking for preventative care to be paid for, like regular check-ups and lab tests. >> i...
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thank you for joining us. thank you. >> thank you, charlie, always good to see you. >> rose: good night. >> funding for charlie rose has been provided by its coca-cola company, supporting this program since 2002. >> an american express. a decisional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide.
thank you for joining us. thank you. >> thank you, charlie, always good to see you. >> rose: good night. >> funding for charlie rose has been provided by its coca-cola company, supporting this program since 2002. >> an american express. a decisional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide.
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qaddafi used to interfere with their festival, use it for his own propaganda. not this year. >> this is the first time in my life i feel that i am free and i pray free without any restrictions from qaddafi's regime. >> we are very, very happy. all the people in tripoli very very, very, very, happy. we work this day from six months. all the people wait this day six months, we afraid, he killed many, many, many people, many people. >> i need hundred words, not hundreds, thousand, million words to say what i feel. >> reporter: on the front line, 25 miles from colonel qaddafi's hometown of sirte, the fighters can't celebrate in the same way. qaddafi's supporters there have said they won't surrender. his whereabouts remain unknown, but his spokesman said last night they won't give in to, as he put it, armed gangs. he said qaddafi's son saadi would negotiate, but the fighters have come too far for that. on the square they posted the pictures of some of those who've died in this revolution. the fear is there may be more. >> the martyrs-- we lost some of our best young
qaddafi used to interfere with their festival, use it for his own propaganda. not this year. >> this is the first time in my life i feel that i am free and i pray free without any restrictions from qaddafi's regime. >> we are very, very happy. all the people in tripoli very very, very, very, happy. we work this day from six months. all the people wait this day six months, we afraid, he killed many, many, many people, many people. >> i need hundred words, not hundreds,...
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he joins us now from the "washington post" newsroom. spencer, welcome. so this investigation of forensics mainly was triggered by flawed hair analysis, is that right? >> that's right, judy. the concern has been building for decades really, that hair and other forensic disciplines have not had the scientific research to i guess validate or underpin their approach n. the case of hair, skeptics have raised the point that it might be subjective, given hair examiner, two different examiners might describe the same hair in different ways, the same examiner might describe it differently at different times. there was no agreement on how many character it had to be alike fothe be a match declared. there was no population studies or statistics to answer the question of how often the hairs of two different people might appear to be the same or how often a given number of characteristics might match. to resolve these questions the f.b.i. has long said that a hair machl only shows that you can exclude two people, my hair might not look like your hair, but it can only
he joins us now from the "washington post" newsroom. spencer, welcome. so this investigation of forensics mainly was triggered by flawed hair analysis, is that right? >> that's right, judy. the concern has been building for decades really, that hair and other forensic disciplines have not had the scientific research to i guess validate or underpin their approach n. the case of hair, skeptics have raised the point that it might be subjective, given hair examiner, two different...